Hussain Hassan Naeem (; 19 March 1987 – 13 June 2007) was a Lebanese

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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. He was killed by a car bomb, alongside other victims, in an assassination attempt on Lebanese politician

Walid Eido Walid Eido (; 2 April 1942 – 13 June 2007) was a member of the Current for the Future, Future Movement, Lebanese List of political parties in Lebanon, political movement and a member of the Lebanese Parliament. He was also a member of the March ...

Career

Naeem joined the Nejmeh youth team on 2 November 2001, playing for the first team from 2006 until his death in 2007.

Death

On 13 June 2007, Naeem died from the same car bomb which killed politician

and teammate

Hussein Dokmak Hussein Ali Dokmak (; 13 December 1981 – 13 June 2007) was a Lebanese footballer who played as a defender. He was killed by a car bomb, alongside other victims, in an assassination attempt on Lebanese politician Walid Eido. Career Dokmak j ...

outside the

Rafic El-Hariri Stadium Rafic Hariri Stadium (), also known as Al Manara Stadium () or Nejmeh Stadium (), is a multi-use stadium in the Manara district of Beirut, Lebanon. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home for Nejmeh. The stadium ...

References

Lebanese men's footballers 1987 births 2007 deaths Men's association football forwards Lebanese Premier League players Nejmeh SC players Deaths by car bomb in Lebanon Lebanese murder victims {{Lebanon-footy-bio-stub